By MATT PIKE
St. Joseph Post
With just over three weeks until Opening Day. the Kansas City Royals continued trimming down their roster today, getting closer to the 26 players that will be on their roster.
The Royals today moved six players to minor league camp, and optioned three of them to Triple A Omaha, including St. Joseph's Noah Cameron.
Cameron, right handed pitcher Eric Cerantola, and outfielder Tyler Gentry were optioned to Omaha and to minor league camp, while right handed pitchers Anthony Simonelli and Junior Fernandez, along with catcher Kyle Hayes were assigned to minor league camp.
Cameron had impressed this spring for the Royals. Through four appearances (with one start) he pitched 10 innings, struck out seven batters, and had a 3.60 ERA. He was competing with Daniel Lynch and Kris Bubic for the fifth spot in the Royals rotation.
In a limited sample size, Cerantola had also pitched well this spring, only appearing in two games but giving up no runs while striking out one batter. Gentry also made his case for the roster in limited time, with five hits in 15 at bats, batting .333 with one home run and three RBI's.
With the moves, the Royals roster is now down to 52 players.